Coordinator, Programs

About This Role

Coordinating programs at the Y involves developing positive relationships with students, parents, and caregivers, while fostering the potential of all youth. This role focuses on building achievement and belonging in teens through skill-based learning and team-building activities, particularly for at-risk youth in the community.

Responsibilities

• Develop a robust recruitment strategy to enlist new student participants into the program
• Plan and coordinate Teen Night monthly schedule and learning plan
• Write and carry out day-to-day curriculum and lesson plans relating to teaching media skills, cooking, gardening, arts and crafts, college exploration, career readiness, functional skills, and more
• Directly provide instruction for youth in the above lesson plan subject areas using creative hands-on project-based approaches
• Effectively collaborate with partners and clients from city and state government, public schools, community-based organizations, community groups, and private sectors
• Manage all youth during class time production and training
• Keep up-to-date accurate records and files and adhere to all of the administrative requirements of the Teen Department
• Develop an environment where at-risk and low-income youth can develop academic and workforce skills such as math, reading, language arts, resume writing, dress, oral presentation skills, and executive functioning skills
• Understand and carry out the best practices of Youth Development
• Track the progress of youth in the program and individualize the instruction as needed to ensure that all youth gain new skills and are successful
• Lead in managing inventory of all program equipment and supplies along with needed administrative duties (filing, copying, data security)
• Provide support and professional advice regarding youth participation in extracurricular programs, higher education selection, and additional resources youth participant may benefit from
• Maintain open lines of communication with participants, staff, and supervisor
• Give leadership to volunteer development with particular emphasis on volunteer/staff teamwork
• Develop and lead working Teen Program Committees, recruit committee members and chairpersons, create charts of work, build agendas, and follow agreed-upon best practices
• Work with front-line staff, act as a role model for proper member involvement techniques that perpetuate level of commitment and “buy-in” to YMCA programs, volunteerism, and campaigner/donor
• Consult and advise in the selection of board members, committee chairs, and committee members
• Follow agreed-upon best practices for all work with board, committees, and task forces
• Recruit, train, evaluate, and supervise Teen Program department volunteers and parents